Plastic composition.



IOO. COMPOSITIONS,

COATING R PLASTIC.

UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

PLASTIC COMPOSITION.

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. FUNGK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain useful Improvements in Plastic Compositions, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to a composition of matter for the manufacture of fence posts, telephone poles, uprights, window frames and similar materials as a substitute for wood.

The composition consists of the following ingredients combined in the proportions stated, viz:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application :fllcd May 1, 1917. Serial No. 165,726.

Patented May 28, 1918.

mingled by agitation or otherwise. The materials should be well sifted prior to the mixing thereof and the lime and plaster of Paris should be added drinwhen maln'ng the mixture, and in the ming g of the ingredients suflicient water should e added to render the mass soft.

After the mixing of the ingredients the mass should be poured into a mold or other former for the setting thereof and after the setting it is placed in the open for the thorou h drying thereof.

aving thus described my invention, I claim:

A plastic composition for use as a substitute for wood consistin parts y measure each of ime and plaster of about two ime qt. or 2 parts of Paris combined with approximately five Plaster of Paris qt. or 2 parts parts of cement and ten parts of sand.

5w 1% qt. or 5 parts and 3 qt. or 10 parts These ingredients are to be thoroughly In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN G. FUNCK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

